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The Last Days of Ötzi

Some of you may remember Ötzi the Iceman whose mumified remains made news when they were discove...

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16.38 6 Apr 2021


The Last Days of Ötzi


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16.38 6 Apr 2021


Some of you may remember Ötzi the Iceman whose mumified remains made news when they were discovered high in the Alps in 1991.

At that point we didn’t know much beyond the fact that Ötzi was old.

But thanks to decades of research we can now tell a fairly detailed story about this man who lived around 5000 years ago and his final days.

Professor James Dickson - Honorary Emeritus Professor in the Institute of Biodiversity Animal Health & Comparative Medicine at Glasgow University and one of the leading authorities on the Iceman. He joined Tom


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